David Treasurer, CanterburyAll public services should be run for people not profit.
Sara Kadar, DerryBasic public services should never be used for private profit.
Lynn Evans, Stourport-on-SevernNationalise all utilities.
Geoff Hayley, LincolnFor a streamlined rail experience, bring back British Rail.
Karen McDonald, ManchesterInstead of subsidising the railway, and enabling a few people to get big bonuses, and costing the taxpayer a fortune, it’s more economical to re-nationalise the railways.
William Ball, MorecambeBring back sanity. Ignore private profits and look after passengers.
Denise Robson, GatesheadAnyone who has travelled on European trains knows that Britain has a rubbish rail system – slow, expensive, cramped and no longer fit to carry enough freight.
Stephen Garratt, CoulsdonI am very lucky that I am now retired and don’t have to spend a king’s ransom on going to work on public transport.
John Edmondson, HeswallI’m a proud member of the Wrexham – Birkenhead Rail Users’ Association.
Richard Waltereit, Whitley BayMany of the private rail companies are foreign national rail networks, so it would better be one British Rail.
Amanda Kay, HeywoodIt seems the companies running the railways right now think they can get away with anything and not be held accountable.
Malcolm Pender, GlasgowPrivatisation has been an expensive disaster for the taxpayer.
Harry Bird, SheffieldThe proof of the pudding is in the eating. Since moving back into public ownership the East Coast line is thriving once more. Nothing more needs saying really.
Zoe Hunter, ChesterfieldIt’s useless under privatisation.
Alan McDonald, CowdenbeathIt’s ours. The money-makers can’t run it right. Please give it back.
Mark Bentley, LeicesterPrivatisation has simply not delivered the benefits that were promised. For me, I never believed it would.
Stephen Hanna, ReadingProfits over progress, these scumbags have to be stopped.
John Oliver, BournemouthDirectly owned East Coast railways is proving the best of our railway companies. Let’s follow that great example.
Chris Brettell, RingwoodWe want our railway back. I was a former employee.
David Mercer, MorecambeI cannot afford to use public transport – it’s so expensive, so where is the money going? I have to use my car like most people have instead of the pollution-reducing train.
Ayse Smith, OrpingtonWe need our rail system back in the public sector so private companies can not rip us off every year. Its getting to the point that I cannot afford to get to work.
Alan Graham, WolverhamptonBR was the most cost-efficient system in Europe. Imagine what it could achieve with the money these companies receive.
Roderick Neil Bruce, Fort WilliamAll public transport should be state-owned.
Murray Sackwild, WareWe had one of the greatest railway networks in the world and it’s been broken up purely for private profit. It’s time to put it back together again.
David Rigg, DumfriesReverse Beeching’s and Thatcher’s criminality.
D H, NewportIt has been an absolute disaster for the travelling public and even worse for the staff. Punctuality, fares and safety have never been so poor.
Tom Cannon, Stoke-on-TrentAs a student, I feel that, even with a railcard, rail fares are extortionately expensive and the ticketing systems with multiple vendors are far too complicated.
Michael Ludlam, CoulsdonI totally agree. Southern Rail have an appalling service this summer, and it’s only getting worse. These rail companies have run out of excuses.
Tallon Avery, ColchesterKeep this petition going. Privatisation has ruined the railways because then the profits go to shareholders not back into the system.